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Cognus Education Safeguarding Team Gathering Feedback from  Stakeholders to Inform Planning for the Year Ahead.

In January 2025, the Education Safeguarding Team sent out their annual survey for 2024-2025 to schools and partners.  Gathering feedback is such an important process and helps to inform their Service Development Plan for 2025-2026. To date, they have received 69 responses from schools, with 100% being very satisfied/satisfied. To date, they have received 24 […]

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A Sweet Deal – Working at Cognus Therapies

 (Reading Careers Fair Dec 2024) In December 2024, two of our dedicated Speech and Language Therapists (SaLT), Fran Yelf and Grace Flowers, attended the Reading University Careers Fair to provide first-hand advice to guide and inspire the next generation of Speech and Language Therapists. Armed with industry insights (and a box of Quality Street!), they […]

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Another successful Mini Warrior Group

The Paving the Way Team have completed another very successful Mini Warrior and Warrior group. The children have enjoyed understanding their emotions, learning about, friendship, anxiety, and self-esteem.   It has been wonderful seeing them enjoy the games, crafts and designing their own t-shirts. My child has spoken about managing her emotions and used techniques […]

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Cognus Therapies run interactive stall at Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) event for the third year running

Thursday 7th November 2024 saw London Borough of Sutton (LBS) host another highly successful Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) event for children and young people aged 14+ in the local area. Over 300 young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) visited the event which took place at the new site at Westcroft Leisure Centre […]

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Cognus Education Safeguarding Team start the New Year with a round of Safeguarding Reviews in our Sutton Schools

In January 2025, the Education Safeguarding Team conducted Safeguarding Reviews in two of our Primary Schools, St. Cecilia’s Catholic Primary School and St. Dunstan’s Cheam Church of England Primary School. As we all know safeguarding does not stand still.  It is so useful to go through our safeguarding practices and processes and to get external […]

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Attendance Matters

The Traveller Education Service works closely with schools, families and the Attendance Service to promote the importance of good attendance. One particular family that we have worked continuously with to encourage good attendance and engagement with school has made a massive improvement. The Year 3 pupil’s attendance so far this academic year is over 90% […]

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Year 7 Nativity brings Christmas joy with a heart-warming performance from students at The John Fisher School

Staff from Cognus Therapies, including the school’s Occupational Therapist (OT) Amber Burnett who work in partnership with the school, joined students, staff, families and visitors, in a heart-warming display of bravery, resilience, and festive spirit. Year 7 students from Catherine Class at The John Fisher School gathered together for a special Nativity, celebrating the joy […]

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Cognus Education Safeguarding Team get involved in Christmas Activities for Families

During the month of December, the Education Safeguarding Team were lucky enough to be involved in a range of different Christmas activities for families. On Tuesday 3rd December 2024, we attended the Sutton Music Trust Autistic Youth Choir Concert.  The children put on a great show and there were lots of smiles and laughter. This […]

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